switzerland hotels

Adelboden Hotels – Hotel Bären

The building dates from 1500, but it has been a hotel for only ten years. The proprietor, a local, has made it thoroughly comfortable, and it is especially popular with families. All the bedrooms are differently done out – one has a four-poster bed. Delicious Rösti and a range of French and German dishes in the restaurant. 3715 Adelboden BE.

Appenzell Hotels – Romantik Hotel Säntis

Colourful folk-art patterns adorn the outside of this lively inn. The restaurant serves local cheeses and wines, but the specialities are lake fish and sausages. Of the bedrooms, No.242 is very popular – it has a frilly four-poster. am Landsgemeindeplatz, 9050 Appenzell AI.

Altendorf Hotels – Hotel Seehotel Hecht

This popular place on the shores of Lake Zurich has been an inn since the 15th century. Today, the Hecht’s seafood cuisine, served in a modern extension and outdoor terrace, draws people from all around – many come by boat. Accommodation is in the older part of the house. Simple, wood-panelled bedrooms; basic bathrooms. 8852 Altendorf SZ

ARBON AM BODENSEE Hotels – Hotel Gastof Frohsinn

A beer drinkers’ paradise: the three-storied building is a brewery as well as an hotel. The basement is a beer cellar, with wooden benches and a vaulted ceiling. Some 500 litres (110 gal) of lager are produced twice a week, with a stronger brown beer in winter. Rooms are plain and neat; vegetarian dishes. 9320 Arbon, Romanshornerstr 15 TG.

AROSA Hotels – Hotel Belri

From this former finishing school at the top of Arosa, you can ‘ski out, ski back’. The lifts to Weisshorn and Hornli are close. 7050 Innerarosa, Arosa GR.

BASEL Hotels – Hotel Teufelhof

Run by theatre people. Each room is designed by the owner, who is an artist. Comfortable. 4051 Basel, Leonhardsgraben 47–49 BS.

Hotel Helvetia

Known for its seafood and the Red Ox Bar. It’s not overly pretty, but the bedrooms are sleek. It is close to the station and air terminal. 4051 Basel, Küchengasse 13 BS

BÖTTSTEIN Hotels – Hotel Schloss Böttstein

Built in 1250, this castle was refurbished in 1974. Comfortable bedrooms. The menu is international, with a French slant. 5315 Böttstein AG.

Bever Hotels – Hotel Chesa Salis

The fine 16th-century house was remodelled in the 1870s, and many rooms look like part of a giant doll’s house. One room, for private parties, is completely wood-panelled, with tiny windows; one bedroom is painted like a music box, another has very low beams. Classic French and Italian cuisine, as well as local dishes. 7502 Bever GR

Champex Lac Hotels – Hotel Belvédère

Eccentric and informal, but comfortable, with a mish-mash of artifacts hanging from the ceilings and walls. The owner has several fighting cows, called Queens, to be found only in this area, and he has a video to tell you all about it. Fine country cooking and glorious views from the bar’s stone terrace. 1938 Champex-Lac VS.